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he will take on other issues and we've got the health care fight, the deficit battle. he had a very difficult re-election. just a month before, he gave an interview with black enterprise magazine he said, i'm not the president of black america. he didn't want that idea that he was favoring one particular group. i did an interview before that election. and i found out that when he came down with his senior aids just week bfers he got re-elected, he had a yellow note pad. even if this wasn't an issue, he put criminal justice reform on there and he started pushing -- gwen: we've got to go. michael's more in story in "time magazine." >> we have to leave to give you a chance to support your local pbs station. but our conversation will continue online on the "washington week" web cast extra. it streams live at 8:30 and all ek long at pbs.org/washingtonweek. and that's where you'll find my take and why 1997 was such a big year for "washington week." we're accepting birthday wishes. we'll see you next week. good night. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by
he will take on other issues and we've got the health care fight, the deficit battle. he had a very difficult re-election. just a month before, he gave an interview with black enterprise magazine he said, i'm not the president of black america. he didn't want that idea that he was favoring one particular group. i did an interview before that election. and i found out that when he came down with his senior aids just week bfers he got re-elected, he had a yellow note pad. even if this wasn't an...
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extra spending by definition adds to the deficit. by the way, to be fair here cbo is saying it will be a billion. but excuse me, 18. >> 8 billion. >> and well, the point is, they are claiming to get the money back eventually once obama care begins to pay off. the money that we spend on tarp spending, most of that money was paid back and there are precedents for companies that receive bail outs and paying back that money. it is anybody's guess. and judging on the basis of how obama care has gone so far, i don't think there is a good odd chance that the money will be paid back. president obama's budget that was released yesterday proposes to give hhs, health and human services now a trillions more. >> it is unbelievable. a trillion dollars would have been the entire budget and throw in the defense and everything. trillion shoes the commitment of the administration to all of the programs for the poor. we haven't seen an administration fund this much and spend this much money in the transfer payments is what we call the money with food s
extra spending by definition adds to the deficit. by the way, to be fair here cbo is saying it will be a billion. but excuse me, 18. >> 8 billion. >> and well, the point is, they are claiming to get the money back eventually once obama care begins to pay off. the money that we spend on tarp spending, most of that money was paid back and there are precedents for companies that receive bail outs and paying back that money. it is anybody's guess. and judging on the basis of how obama...
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at a time when i deficit has been cut in half. it allows us to meet our obligations to future generations. from the heard president, deficit picture is looking better. much so that levels will be below where they were before the budget crisis. >> how do republicans react to away from the emphasis on deficit reduction act out >? >> john baeder came out and said that this was the most irresponsible budget yet of the obama has proposed. the president laster put out an all french to republicans and said he was willing to make changes to social security, medicare and other entitlement programs. those are all gone this year. for republicans to look at these budgets in the lines of what the established last year in terms of topline numbers under the agreement, this budget is something that will not move in the house of republicans. are viewed asts more of political documents as opposed to policy proposals. >> that really is right. especially this year. yep midterms coming up in november. the white house wanted to lay out policy prioritie
at a time when i deficit has been cut in half. it allows us to meet our obligations to future generations. from the heard president, deficit picture is looking better. much so that levels will be below where they were before the budget crisis. >> how do republicans react to away from the emphasis on deficit reduction act out >? >> john baeder came out and said that this was the most irresponsible budget yet of the obama has proposed. the president laster put out an all french to...
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and as a result, the deficit would be better with deficit reduction which is what we are showing in our budget than if you did not have deficit reduction which is what a budget baseline would show. there is some other technical differences between our out your forecasts that are mostly on the revenue side come and not on the spending side. aca is the law of the land. >> do any of the discussions about tax revisions vary from current law? maybe certain expired tax revisions? >> obviously, we have a set of proposals in their. one of the places that is in our -- that is assumed in our budget is that in the 2010 and 2012 budgets, the president extended his increases for the refund ability in the child tax credit the increases in the earned income tax credit for families of three children and more and the marriage penalty and one of the president's innovations was that a portion of that was also refundable. in the budget agreement, those were extended for another five years through 2017. we would assume that those are extended permanently. we believe very strongly in that if those were t
and as a result, the deficit would be better with deficit reduction which is what we are showing in our budget than if you did not have deficit reduction which is what a budget baseline would show. there is some other technical differences between our out your forecasts that are mostly on the revenue side come and not on the spending side. aca is the law of the land. >> do any of the discussions about tax revisions vary from current law? maybe certain expired tax revisions? >>...
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let's start with the incredible deficit and the size of government. >> we have a tax problem and a spendi problem. and it basically came to a grounding al. lou: what are you going to do about lois lerr? dirty have the attorney general in contempt. what are you going to do a former senior irs offcial? he's basically told you guys to buzz off. i have a bill, hrr 1950 that iminalizes this action. lou: retroactively? >> the questio is what are you going to do about lois lerner who has told you guys to buzz off. >> we are going to make certain that there are two aspects of the story are told. hold people accountable and find out who did this. and you move forward with the legislation that holds people accountable if it haapens again. and i think the american people are shocked at what has occurred at the irs that the administration is doing nothing and we are going to work diligentlto hold these people accountable to make re this doesn't happen again. lou: no one is a bbgger fan of darrell issa than i am. and i think you know that. you and your committee have done brilliant work. i do think th
let's start with the incredible deficit and the size of government. >> we have a tax problem and a spendi problem. and it basically came to a grounding al. lou: what are you going to do about lois lerr? dirty have the attorney general in contempt. what are you going to do a former senior irs offcial? he's basically told you guys to buzz off. i have a bill, hrr 1950 that iminalizes this action. lou: retroactively? >> the questio is what are you going to do about lois lerner who has...
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at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class, or continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it is here and in the years to come as president. thank you very much, everybody. michael? >> do you have any response to president putin's press conference? is chancellor merkel right that he has lost touch with reality? >> i have not spoken to him since i spoke to him this past weekend. but obviously, me and my national security team have been watching events unfolding in ukraine very closely. i met with them again today. as many of you know, john kerry is in key avenue as we speak, at my direction. as we speak, at my direction, with full support for the ukrainian people. we have been working with our partners and the imf to build support for a package that helps to stabilize ukraine'
at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class, or continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it is here and in the years to come as president. thank you very much, everybody. michael?...
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let's start with the incredible deficit and the size of government. >> we have a tax problem and a spending problem. and it basically came to a grounding all. lou: what are you going to do about lois lerner? dirty have the attorney general in contempt. what are you going to do a former senior irs official? he's basically told you guys to buzz off. i have a bill, hr 1950 that criminalizes this action. lou: retroactively? >> the question is what are you going to do about lois lerner who has told you guys to buzz off. >> we are going to make certain that there are two aspects of the story are told. hold people accountable and find out who did this. and you move forward with the legislation that holds people accountable if it haapens again. and i think the american people are shocked at what has occurred at the irs that the administration is doing nothing and we are going to work diligently to hold these people accountable to make sure this doesn't happen again. lou: no one is a bbgger fan of darrell issa than i am. and i think you know that. you and your committee have done brilliant work. i d
let's start with the incredible deficit and the size of government. >> we have a tax problem and a spending problem. and it basically came to a grounding all. lou: what are you going to do about lois lerner? dirty have the attorney general in contempt. what are you going to do a former senior irs official? he's basically told you guys to buzz off. i have a bill, hr 1950 that criminalizes this action. lou: retroactively? >> the question is what are you going to do about lois lerner...
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what is the deficit number in this proposal and define the two. >> guest: deficits are how much the government spends minus how much they raise in revenue. and they are measured in percentage of economy activity. it is around 4% and coming down fast. i think it is estimated to end around 3% and in the 2's next year so that is a big decline from 2010 where it was 10%. so that is progress. as long as the economy is growing faster than 2%, it will be a decline. every year you spend more than you have, and borrow money and that adds to the debts. so they would come down to a 1.6% gdp. the president will raise taxes on a trillion dollars mainly on wealthy people but some middle class as well. it would probably work. but it is a huge controversy from the taxes. ... thank you for taking my call. independent because most of us americans have caught onto the big blame game. , andeach blame each other basically they are on the same team. they have different ways to go about it. my main problem is the epa. we are giving him close to $8 million, and it'll do nothing for us. they let the fracking industry
what is the deficit number in this proposal and define the two. >> guest: deficits are how much the government spends minus how much they raise in revenue. and they are measured in percentage of economy activity. it is around 4% and coming down fast. i think it is estimated to end around 3% and in the 2's next year so that is a big decline from 2010 where it was 10%. so that is progress. as long as the economy is growing faster than 2%, it will be a decline. every year you spend more than...
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>> the difficulty that the russian budget is experiencing is that they are having an expanding deficit at $110 a barrel. if we go back several years, they're doing rather well balancing the budget at $60 a barrel. every single increased difficulty in funding export into what is the kremlin our needs and that is a full flow of finance. >> how much substitution can there be? are there ways around the situation? >> no. the energy crisis in the ukraine will become acute and quickly. , thered no difficulty was an arrangement that had been set up between ukraine and russian gas prom -- and russian azprom. there were supposed to be an extension of credit. all of that is over. it is back to cash on the barrel head and ukraine cannot afford to buy natural gas. an lngalking about terminal outside of odessa, but that will not particularly help. one problem people have not really looked at yet is the ukrainians, like a number of people in europe, have been relying on toward coal to offset the natural gas pricing situation. there are some reverberations this morning from the netscape onetsk. intern
>> the difficulty that the russian budget is experiencing is that they are having an expanding deficit at $110 a barrel. if we go back several years, they're doing rather well balancing the budget at $60 a barrel. every single increased difficulty in funding export into what is the kremlin our needs and that is a full flow of finance. >> how much substitution can there be? are there ways around the situation? >> no. the energy crisis in the ukraine will become acute and...
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i think it is important to put in perspective that the budget deficit is not being driven by spending on domestic programs like this. it is driven by a slow economy. >> certainly entitlements. >> no. >> 60 percent of it. >> alisyn. that was my next point. but this is different from medicare and social security right? you look at the overall budget it is misleading for the republicans to tell the american people if they can get the budget deficit in better shape by cutting programs. it is it a very, very small part of the overall budget. we can always make government work better and i trust paul ryan is coming from an honest point. >> the war on poverty 50 years later. >> last thing you expect to interrupt your grocery shopping right here. >> i thought he was going to stop but he kept on driving through. >> you will learn who is behind the wheel. you will see that in a moment. >> plus matthew mcconaughey injecting faith in hollywood's glamous night. >> first of all i want to thank god. i look up to it him. he graced my life with opportunities that are not of my hand or other human hand
i think it is important to put in perspective that the budget deficit is not being driven by spending on domestic programs like this. it is driven by a slow economy. >> certainly entitlements. >> no. >> 60 percent of it. >> alisyn. that was my next point. but this is different from medicare and social security right? you look at the overall budget it is misleading for the republicans to tell the american people if they can get the budget deficit in better shape by...
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. >> you have to move in that direct overtime, we have large budget deficits, when we moe out to 2018, baby boomers begin to retire if great numbees. lou: why are the republicans having a har time remembering that it is about reding will le of spending here? why i that difficult in that document that he put out there, in my opinion, could have come from the obama white house. >> mm-hmm, that is -- how do you curb spending overtime, that is politically unpopular there is the problem. when you talk about changing tax code, peoe are not go many are not going to are having happy, if they lose tax deductibility of for municipalonds. lou: i think ts document wil reside to the sidelines, at the very best. lou: there is really no escaping retal. >> hunl demands toe made of fedel government not too many years from now. lou: john lonski thank you, we apprecte >> new reports city nationwide are doing away with red light cameras. among concerns about the red lights, what they really amount to, their worth. their invasiveness, what they increase traffic accidents. usage of these cameras has fallen
. >> you have to move in that direct overtime, we have large budget deficits, when we moe out to 2018, baby boomers begin to retire if great numbees. lou: why are the republicans having a har time remembering that it is about reding will le of spending here? why i that difficult in that document that he put out there, in my opinion, could have come from the obama white house. >> mm-hmm, that is -- how do you curb spending overtime, that is politically unpopular there is the problem....
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champions league garden after that, desperate not to make too big an advantage -- two big deficit after the advantage. ." you are watching "france 24 our top stories of course the growing crisis in ukraine, the subject of today's inside look. joining us is the director of the polish institute of international affairs, joining us via skype. thank you for joining us, sir. all of this diplomatic wrangling comes a day after u.s. president barack obama warned moscow it was "not fooling anybody" over its involvement in crimea. there have been tough words exchanged between russia and the u.s. will the diplomats be able to overcome that animosity and come to some sort of solution? >> i think it will be extremely difficult because it is a situation where russia has invaded the territory of another country in breach of united nations charter, in breach of the rules of the organization for security and cooperation in europe and in violation of treaties between ukraine and russia. this is a situation that cannot be tolerated by the international community without raising these objections. at the sa
champions league garden after that, desperate not to make too big an advantage -- two big deficit after the advantage. ." you are watching "france 24 our top stories of course the growing crisis in ukraine, the subject of today's inside look. joining us is the director of the polish institute of international affairs, joining us via skype. thank you for joining us, sir. all of this diplomatic wrangling comes a day after u.s. president barack obama warned moscow it was "not...
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's slash toidents deficit has been mitigated. on the front page of "the washington post," the republican response. the budget from the republicans will focus on welfare reform. a 204yan will publish page critique, questioning the efficacy of dozens of initiatives and underscoring where republicans say consolidation or spending reductions are needed. democrats line. caller: my name is patrick. i want to talk about the guy that just called talking about the revolt that he wants people to revolt in america. this guy is sitting on his high somewhere,e suburbs eating snickers bars. we are not going to go there. ukraine is a part of russia. it has been a part of russia for the last couple hundred years. we all know that. america, the european union, they have no business in the affairs of russia and ukraine. america needs to clean up its own house before you can go overseas. those folks are fighting for independence. host: that as a last call. we continue on with our discretion about ukraine. josh rogin will join us. later on, how smal
's slash toidents deficit has been mitigated. on the front page of "the washington post," the republican response. the budget from the republicans will focus on welfare reform. a 204yan will publish page critique, questioning the efficacy of dozens of initiatives and underscoring where republicans say consolidation or spending reductions are needed. democrats line. caller: my name is patrick. i want to talk about the guy that just called talking about the revolt that he wants people...
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there is a trust deficit here. when kerry asked if he trusted putin, he said, wolf, there is some value in putin and that's why you keep hearing from u.s. officials they are going to keep watching what russia does this weekend. we know they are watching closely from the air, from the ground to see if the troop movements amount to anything where they go into the country. >> reminds me sort of the worlds of ronald reagan's in the '80s, trust but verify. >> that's right. john kerry says verify, verify, and then verify. >> the situation is tense. jim sciutto, thank you very much. more on the rising tensions in the u.s. but just ahead, former chris christie aides contain new information about the bridscand and they are sparking new outrage. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age, your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care
there is a trust deficit here. when kerry asked if he trusted putin, he said, wolf, there is some value in putin and that's why you keep hearing from u.s. officials they are going to keep watching what russia does this weekend. we know they are watching closely from the air, from the ground to see if the troop movements amount to anything where they go into the country. >> reminds me sort of the worlds of ronald reagan's in the '80s, trust but verify. >> that's right. john kerry...
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the deficit is a problem, no question about it. we've made good progress on the deficit. i would posit the number one problem facing america is the decline of middle class incomes. it affects our economy in so many ways. it affects our politics. it affects our whole way of being as americans. doing the kinds of things you have done in the budget, both in terms of tax, such as the earned american opportunity tax credit, the provision that i helped author and worked with you to extend, making it permanent is great. the child tax credit and on the spending side i know is not your department, but doing investments and infrastructure and education and research. those are the ways to get the middle class moving again and have my highest priority. i have a couple of questions here on specifics. the first is on the as pire act. i know the chairman mentioned it in his opening remarks. it's so important because one of the greatest block is savings and assets to many americans. 19 appearance of new york households and 31 appearance of households nationwide have no savings account. t
the deficit is a problem, no question about it. we've made good progress on the deficit. i would posit the number one problem facing america is the decline of middle class incomes. it affects our economy in so many ways. it affects our politics. it affects our whole way of being as americans. doing the kinds of things you have done in the budget, both in terms of tax, such as the earned american opportunity tax credit, the provision that i helped author and worked with you to extend, making it...
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at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class or if we're going to continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it this year and in the years to come as president. thank you very much, everybody. michael? >> do you have any response to president putin's press conference this morning? is chancellor merkel right that he has lost touch with reality? have you spoken to him personally? >> i have not spoken to him since i spoke to him this past weekend. but obviously, me and my national security team have been watching events unfolding in ukraine very closely. i met with them again today. as many of you know, john kerry is in kiev as we speak, at my direction. he's expressing our full support for the ukrainian people. over the past several weeks, we've been working with our partners an
at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class or if we're going to continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it this year and in the years to come as president. thank you very much,...
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that might prevent your central bank from easing policy, whether you're you've got a current account deficit, whether you are on the production side of commodities or the consumption side of commodities. clearly there are some particularly hard-hit emerging markets leaving the ukraine aside for a moment. you've got the now so-called fragile five, brazil, india, indonesia, south africa and turkey. and those are some of the most beleaguered areas. but there are also going to be some winners. we have a fairly optimistic view on china which is by far the biggest within the emerging markets sphere. >> wish we had more time to explore that with you. liz ann, always a pleasure talking to you. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> liz ann saunders, chief investment strategist at charles schwab. >>> if you're wondering which well-known u.s. companies have some of the biggest exposure, among them are general motors. it makes about 100,000 cars a year at a plant near st. petersburg and it's hoping to expand operations next year. ford operates three plants with a russian automaker. exxon mobile fo
that might prevent your central bank from easing policy, whether you're you've got a current account deficit, whether you are on the production side of commodities or the consumption side of commodities. clearly there are some particularly hard-hit emerging markets leaving the ukraine aside for a moment. you've got the now so-called fragile five, brazil, india, indonesia, south africa and turkey. and those are some of the most beleaguered areas. but there are also going to be some winners. we...
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by taking that out, they will lose 230 billion or so in deficit reduction. already we know one of the ways will be assuming the senate passes and immigration overall. go much does that cost you these are the kinds of things we will be looking for. perhaps the least effective budgets we have seen in years because congress are it has a toplines appropriations number for this year. they are are ready holding hearings. this is entitlement overhaul out of the midterm. how is the budget actually released today, and to are the surrogates that the white house is sending to capitol hill over the next coming days to talk about the president spending plan? 11:30.we will see it at it used to be they handed out copies to the press but that has been curtailed. theave been told that historical perspective volume, usually an interesting economic here this week, will have the main budget all human independent, they will be available at 11:30 and then a noontime press conference. andell from west virginia pretty much well-liked on all sides of the aisle will be going to the h
by taking that out, they will lose 230 billion or so in deficit reduction. already we know one of the ways will be assuming the senate passes and immigration overall. go much does that cost you these are the kinds of things we will be looking for. perhaps the least effective budgets we have seen in years because congress are it has a toplines appropriations number for this year. they are are ready holding hearings. this is entitlement overhaul out of the midterm. how is the budget actually...
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interesting to look at and something i picked up that i thought was interesting, look at the deficit and the gdp ratio in the years ahead. that taking into account the entire budget will be put into play. this is not the case and people on both sides say that this is the case. you see the numbers going down 2.3%, the budget to gdp ratio is at precrisis levels. to gdp -- and this goes down $13 billion. nobody expects this budget to be put into place but projections are moving down on the deficit, which is why you see a president who is willing to go out there and talk about new spending ther years when the -- all talk in washington is about cuts. >> thank you, phil mattingly and peter cook, with the latest about the president and the secretary of state. >> we want to make sure we get a final few thoughts with oliver leavitt, who has a big week coming up. day.onal detox t >> national unplug day. i have been working with arianne huffington and i learned something interesting about our constant connections. morning,wake up in the and you start looking at your e-mail and your constantly c
interesting to look at and something i picked up that i thought was interesting, look at the deficit and the gdp ratio in the years ahead. that taking into account the entire budget will be put into play. this is not the case and people on both sides say that this is the case. you see the numbers going down 2.3%, the budget to gdp ratio is at precrisis levels. to gdp -- and this goes down $13 billion. nobody expects this budget to be put into place but projections are moving down on the...
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as a result, obviously the deficit is a lot better with deficit reduction, which is what we're showing in our budget, than if you didn't have deficit reduction, which is what a budget baseline would show. there's some other technical differences between our outyear forecast. they're mostly on the revenue side, though, not on the spending side. both of them include a.c.a. because it's the law of the and. >> this is for anyone. tax provisions vary from current law like maybe the certain expired tax provisions or extenders? >> well, obviously we have a set of proposals in there, so one of the places where -- that's in our -- assumed in our budget is that in the 2010 and 2012 budgets, the president extended his increases for the refundability in the child tax credit. the increases in the earned income tax credit for three children or more and the marriage penalty and one of the president's innovation and earned income tax credit was that a portion of that was also refundable. in the budget agreement those were extended for another five years through 2017. we would assume that those are ext
as a result, obviously the deficit is a lot better with deficit reduction, which is what we're showing in our budget, than if you didn't have deficit reduction, which is what a budget baseline would show. there's some other technical differences between our outyear forecast. they're mostly on the revenue side, though, not on the spending side. both of them include a.c.a. because it's the law of the and. >> this is for anyone. tax provisions vary from current law like maybe the certain...
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the farm bill, one of the things that did that get talked about was the significance reduction in the deficit that comes from passing the farm bill. and i wish we could do immigration because there is another $58 billion to be saved it if we were to pass the immigration bill. so all of these bills are not just bills to deal with an apparent problem, but also have tremendous positive impact on our economy and senator reid is correct, if he could get that money, we've already passed the farm bill, so that money is there and it could be used to offset whatever the costs would be to unemployment. though i don't believe you ought to do that. this is an emergency. you ought to treat it as an emergency and not worry about finding a way to pay for it at this particular jupncture. >> dent partment of health and human services has told americans if they like their health insurance, they can keep it another two years. affordable care act compliance is being changed, be extended. doesn't this cut to the spirit of the what you and break it dolaw and break it down is this one rope we passed health care is
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generations without leaving them a mountain of debt. >> woodruff: the 2015 deficit would decline, to $560 billion, but republicans today said the red ink, spending hikes and tax increases mean the plan is dead on arrival. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> rather than put together a constructive blueprint the two parties could use as a jumping off point, to get our economy moving and our fiscal house in order, the president has once again opted for the political stunt for a budget that's more about firing up the base in an election year than about solving the nation's biggest and most persistent long-term challenges >> woodruff: congressman paul ryan, the house budget chair, likewise called the obama plan a disappointment. in a statement, he said: >> woodruff: ryan offered an extensive critique yesterday of federal anti-poverty efforts. he's expected to release a republican budget proposal in the coming weeks. >> woodruff: some of the more notable pieces of the president's proposal, and expected to show up in the republican alternative, are the different approaches to poverty
generations without leaving them a mountain of debt. >> woodruff: the 2015 deficit would decline, to $560 billion, but republicans today said the red ink, spending hikes and tax increases mean the plan is dead on arrival. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> rather than put together a constructive blueprint the two parties could use as a jumping off point, to get our economy moving and our fiscal house in order, the president has once again opted for the political stunt for a...
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while we've done a lot of deficit reduction, we've done it in the wrong way. we've focused on, i think, inadvertently through congress not being able to pick our policies on short-term measures that came out of the budget, which isn't where the problem is. what we should be doing is trying to replace those savings that came from the sequester that aren't as useful or long-term with more permanent and structural changes to entitlement programs and the tax code. that would be the best to do for the economy. >> let me ask you quickly before we go, because i think there is this growing consensus and you said you think there can be more that is done on that. give us a sense of where you think that can happen. >> well, i think there's different ways you have to look at income inequality, which is how people are making their money and what's happening after the government's involved, so one of the issues we have to look at is how to have more training, more education, more high skilled workers earning higher wages to begin with, so it's not just things like eitc and
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deficit,ore debt, more and more taxes. it is problematic. it did not solve anything. host: on the areas where you say there is common ground, do you think it get done before the 2014 election? guest: we already have a budget agreement that is the reality. host: the current income tax credit, the transportation. guest: we have a two-year highway bill in place right now. in the political dysfunction congress, the house transportation committee was able to pass a two-year highway bill. extension forfaa our airports. will continue. the good thing about transportation infrastructure, it is generally bipartisan. every congressman and senator has roads, bridges, harbors in their states. i believe we are going to continue to work on those things. host: the house armed services committee hearing from general dempsey today about the military's budget. what do you make of what the president post -- of what the president proposed? guest: i am nervous. it is a flat line. there is modest reduction and it does not grow. the budget wasat really designed around what the are.nal securi
deficit,ore debt, more and more taxes. it is problematic. it did not solve anything. host: on the areas where you say there is common ground, do you think it get done before the 2014 election? guest: we already have a budget agreement that is the reality. host: the current income tax credit, the transportation. guest: we have a two-year highway bill in place right now. in the political dysfunction congress, the house transportation committee was able to pass a two-year highway bill. extension...
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careful to use rhetoric like balanced in there is very careful to talk about the fact that that the deficit as a percentage of the of the national economy would go down by two thousand and twenty four we're in an emergency now and you know i believe in water conservation might that not blame the house on fire i'd like to see and i'd like to see him really talk about our real problems right now and get off the deficit rhetoric altogether talk about rebuilding the economy and again i like to see him give tax breaks to people who are struggling to get by i'd like to see him address the issues that are making so many americans richer it isn't really part of the problem this is a president who believes more in centrist theory of economics then he does progressive theory of economics there's no way we can avoid that there's no way that we can kid ourselves or you know make this notion that this is truly a progressive president he's a reagan i mean the only way i can describe is reagan type democrat and i'm just not saying anything more he still has this thing on the table this thing on the table
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more debt, higher deficits, rob our children blind and you're all in support of it? >> it's not that i'm in support of it let's talk about what it really is. the numbers already been decided. that was the whole partisan thing that happened a few months ago, what we're going to quick et over is how that money's going to be divided. >> we're going to gut defense. >> you may have heard that it's an election year. is it at all possible that this is an election budget that every one of us knows is never going through? >> we're going to rob our children? >> no, we're not. >> it's not going to happen. >> you know it's not going to happen. >> it's an election year. fudge it. >> i concede the point counselor. >> good night, folks. >> i concede that point, it's not going to happen, the fact that he wants it. didn't we learn? sl. >> he doesn't want it, congress wants it. >> everyone in congress has to run in november, it's a democratic budget p. >> why do they waste our time in. >> that's how politics works. you don't think the republicans do it when they're in the white house?
more debt, higher deficits, rob our children blind and you're all in support of it? >> it's not that i'm in support of it let's talk about what it really is. the numbers already been decided. that was the whole partisan thing that happened a few months ago, what we're going to quick et over is how that money's going to be divided. >> we're going to gut defense. >> you may have heard that it's an election year. is it at all possible that this is an election budget that every...
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at its as a disaster, and we can't afford it as taxpayers because it's going to completely shoot the deficit higher and higher and higher. >> craig, thank you very much. again, regardless of whether folks at home agree or disagree with craig, the fact of the mary is to pin this on republican governor weather are not going along when it's at least a dozen democratic state governors who are having trouble getting is along, think masks reality. >>> as crisis turns to chaos over there how would america's mayor deal with it over here? rudy giuliani is next. predicting the future is a pretty difficult thing to do. but, manufacturing in the united states means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation.
at its as a disaster, and we can't afford it as taxpayers because it's going to completely shoot the deficit higher and higher and higher. >> craig, thank you very much. again, regardless of whether folks at home agree or disagree with craig, the fact of the mary is to pin this on republican governor weather are not going along when it's at least a dozen democratic state governors who are having trouble getting is along, think masks reality. >>> as crisis turns to chaos over...
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you took a state a lot of people felt was ungovernable, chiefly because of the budget deficit and now there's a surplus. is there a national leadership lesson that california provide? >> you've got to be tough on spending. at the end of the day, fiscal discipline is the fundamental predicate of a free society. and you just have to maintain that. secondly, you do have to find a way to create a governing consensus or coalition. in california, we do have a majority democratic party. and we don't have the any constitutional blocking points like the 60-vote requirement in the senate or the division of parties in the house between the house and the senate. >> it is interesting, is there a lesson for president obama no matter how liberal you are, you said, here the president's about to present a budget where he's saying look, the deficits are coming down for now. we've got to spend more. we're only going to get the economy going in a meaningful way if we spend more on infrastructure and the loo i can. >> yeah, spend more but in the framework of adjusting your long-term liabilities so we're i
you took a state a lot of people felt was ungovernable, chiefly because of the budget deficit and now there's a surplus. is there a national leadership lesson that california provide? >> you've got to be tough on spending. at the end of the day, fiscal discipline is the fundamental predicate of a free society. and you just have to maintain that. secondly, you do have to find a way to create a governing consensus or coalition. in california, we do have a majority democratic party. and we...
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taxes $1.7 trillion, this would be an additional tax increase to largely pay for new spending and not deficit reduction. the top republican on the senate budget committee says he wants to know when the president is going to get serious. >> this budget will not work. it's bad for america. it does not get us off the debt course we're on. it has total flimflam in it. in that it projects that we're going to raise taxes another $1.75 trillion. >> house budget chairman paul ryan said the president's budget is not a serious document. it is a campaign brochure. and aides say the soon to be le balance. >> mike emanuel live on the hill, thank you. >>> still ahead, what is the ukraine crisis doing to the u.s. space program. >>> first, the primary season kicks off in texas. it's eb. want to give your family the very best in taste, freshness, and nutrition? it's eb. want to give them more vitamins, omega 3s, and less saturated fat? it's eb. eggland's best eggs. eb's. the only eggs that make better taste and better nutrition... easy. eggland's best eggs. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. it's eb
taxes $1.7 trillion, this would be an additional tax increase to largely pay for new spending and not deficit reduction. the top republican on the senate budget committee says he wants to know when the president is going to get serious. >> this budget will not work. it's bad for america. it does not get us off the debt course we're on. it has total flimflam in it. in that it projects that we're going to raise taxes another $1.75 trillion. >> house budget chairman paul ryan said the...
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we are reduce ug the budget deficit through the a.c. avment i know our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are very, very careful about budget deficits. good. they should be. well, health care costs are declining and declining significantly. some of that is due to the recession, but almost every expert says much of that is due to the a.c.a. national health care expenditures, for instance, in 2012 grew by 3.7%, meaning that the growth from 2009 to 2012 was the slowest since government collected information. and that was in the 1960's. the percentage of health care spending for the first time -- the percentage of g.d.p. -- actually shrunk from 17.3% to 17 230eu%. at the same time, solvency of medicare health insurance fund increased and costs declined. so this is great news. bottom line, i know our colleagues on the other side of the aisle think they've hit political gold had they attack the a.c.a. and call for its repeal. but the american people don't want repeal and, secondly, as we move on in time, the positives of a.c.a. will be
we are reduce ug the budget deficit through the a.c. avment i know our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are very, very careful about budget deficits. good. they should be. well, health care costs are declining and declining significantly. some of that is due to the recession, but almost every expert says much of that is due to the a.c.a. national health care expenditures, for instance, in 2012 grew by 3.7%, meaning that the growth from 2009 to 2012 was the slowest since government...
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at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years we have to decide if we're going to keep squeezing the middle class or reduce deficits responsibly while taking steps to grow the middle class. >> that was president obama outlining his $4 trillion budget for 2015 setting the stage for another budget fight. it calls for growing are the tax expansion. the president says he's paying for all of this by closing loopholes, one of which is wall street's favorite loophole which allows hedge fund managers to count their investments as income instead of capital gains. many think it faces a long road because of republicans in the house. to walk us through the budget battle, jimmy williams, an opinion writer for u.s. news.com and an msnbc contributor. how are you? >> how are you, hello. >> i want to start with one of the more important things which is that child care tax credit. this is big for people. when you look at the numbers from the white house, you're talking about well over 1.5 million people effected, $600 for a lot of folks with children under five years old. my view
at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years we have to decide if we're going to keep squeezing the middle class or reduce deficits responsibly while taking steps to grow the middle class. >> that was president obama outlining his $4 trillion budget for 2015 setting the stage for another budget fight. it calls for growing are the tax expansion. the president says he's paying for all of this by closing loopholes, one of which is wall street's favorite loophole...
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on the hill, folks in the white house can work together to improve the bottom loin when it comes to deficits and spending and taxes and cutting? well, i've read that senator patti murray said the senate will not produce a budget in response to the president's proposal. .i've read that the president's budget is going to largely ignore some of the common ground to fix entitlement programs and the like and be more of a gain document that he and his fellow democrats can run on in november. that's a terrible disservice. this country continues to spend a lot more money than we're bringing in the door. debt continues to rack up. medicare and social security continue to be on an unsustainable path. and the president, the person who is supposed to be in charge of the executive branch of government continues to campaign. but he's not going to be on the battle again. so to say it's a disappointment is a profound understatement. >> all right. senator john cornyn, sir, thank you for your time today. >> thanks, shannon. >>> the situation in ukraine developing minutes by minutes. russian soldiers we're tol
on the hill, folks in the white house can work together to improve the bottom loin when it comes to deficits and spending and taxes and cutting? well, i've read that senator patti murray said the senate will not produce a budget in response to the president's proposal. .i've read that the president's budget is going to largely ignore some of the common ground to fix entitlement programs and the like and be more of a gain document that he and his fellow democrats can run on in november. that's a...
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while we have made some progress against the deficit, we have done so not by making these structural reforms to revenues and entitlement programs that would put us on a sound financial footing, but by continuing cuts to the funding that the department of defense and other federal programs need to meet important national priorities. this shortfall requires painful trade-offs and just about every area of the department of defense budget. for instance, the budget proposes significantly lower and strengths for the ground forces including a further reduction of army and active duty strengths with smaller reductions in the guardian reserve. the budget restricts the pay raise for service members below the rate of inflation, freezes pay for general and flag -- freezes pays for general and flag officers, begins a phase reduction in the growth of the housing allowance that will result in service members paying five percent out-of-pocket for housing costs, reduces support to commissaries and makes significant changes to the tri-care benefit. the budget also calls for retiring the air force's a-
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60 years, we at the decided we're going to keep squeezing the middle class or continue to reduce the deficits responsible he -- responsibly while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer, which is the approach that my budget offers and why i'm going to fight for it this year and in the years to come as president. >> the proposed military budget for 2015 is 570 $5 billion. the pentagon is seeking an additional $79.4 billion in war funding, even though most u.s. troops are supposed to withdraw from afghanistan by the end of the year. won al giant chevron has major victory in a lawsuit it brought against victims of its pollution in the war. a group of indigenous ash indigenous plaintiffs won a landmark $9 billion judgment in 2011 for widespread contamination resulting from toxic dumping by texaco, which chevron later bought. chevron sued the victims and the the u.s.torney -- and attorney. on tuesday, u.s. district judge lewis kaplan agreed, ruling the plaintiffs used "corrupt means" and barred collection o
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at a time when our deficit has been cut in half, it laos us to meet our obligation to future generations without leaving them a mountain of debt. >> budget also did he vote money for highways and roadways. >> republicans have a different view on spending priorities and debt. what are they saying? >> john boehner calling it perhaps the president's most irresponsible budget ever. paul ryan says it isn't a serious document, it is a campaign brochure. ryan is working on a budget of his own which is expected to take a look at poverty programs noting some work, others don't. as for the president's blueprint, the top republican on the senate budget committee blasted it. >> this budget will not work. it's bad for america. it does not get us off the debt course we're on. it has total flimflam in it, it projects we're going to raise another 1.75 trillion. the last two budgets proposed an increase of a trillion dollars in taxes. this would almost tunnel the amount of tax increase. >> republicans say the president's plan spends, borrows, and taxes too much, gretchen. >> thanks. >>> fox news alert, h
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. >>> it is a plan that will not add to our deficit over the next decade. it brings down our deficit by more than $1 trillion over the next two decades. >> which will go a long way towards controlling these costs. that costs are going down. >> president obama promised you that the affordable care act would cut healthcare costs. we now know, that's not true. the most recent cbo estimate is that obamacare will cost more than 2 trillion over the next decade. a new report by senator tom coburn shows it will be even more than that way more. maybe even 31,000% more. how does he know? senator coburn joins us. nice to see you, sir. >> good to see you hard to understand. >> that's the history how good we are at estimating costs. you just take what the cbo said this year versus what they said when the bill was passed. we are now twice as much as what they said. >> you go back to 1966? >> no. i'm talking just about the affordable care act. a trillion dollars. >> that's 31,000%? >> no. well, that's a doubling of what they thought it was going to cost over the life of t
. >>> it is a plan that will not add to our deficit over the next decade. it brings down our deficit by more than $1 trillion over the next two decades. >> which will go a long way towards controlling these costs. that costs are going down. >> president obama promised you that the affordable care act would cut healthcare costs. we now know, that's not true. the most recent cbo estimate is that obamacare will cost more than 2 trillion over the next decade. a new report by...
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could be adding to the rain gauge but the one late tomorrow into thursday so looking better for the deficit. >> it is slow and go if some years with a great alternate with caltrain and ace train running on time. muni experienced some delays but those are all cheered. back to san bruno with an update a car was over the embankment and the sig-alert is there but the car has been towed and is long gone and people are coming off of 280 around the turn to the eastbound ramp and they are skidding out. slow down. those curbs are very slippery. to the santa cruz mountains southbound 17, we have a solo spinout in the slow rainsa6ç and san mateo bridge is looking good but the fog and rain so take your time. the tail lights are headed over to foster city. >> seven things to know before you go. >> the morning news is back in 60 >>> good morning at 6:54 and traffic is looking okay at macarthur maze. it is foggy and misty in some areas. be came. >> seven things to know before you go: one, breaking news on the peninsula, the c.h.p. is on the scene of a car over an embankment that plunged 50' over the hill
could be adding to the rain gauge but the one late tomorrow into thursday so looking better for the deficit. >> it is slow and go if some years with a great alternate with caltrain and ace train running on time. muni experienced some delays but those are all cheered. back to san bruno with an update a car was over the embankment and the sig-alert is there but the car has been towed and is long gone and people are coming off of 280 around the turn to the eastbound ramp and they are...
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al maria reduced the deficit, two other goals came from two of their stalwarts late in the second half. defender car carlos pulo, richad barth al jazeera. >> it was a thrilling final round at the honda classic in florida where the title was decided in a four man playoff. tiger woods began seven shows behind, but he was forced to withdraw with a back injury. double bogey, four-over 74, missed the eagle putt, for the final hole of the outright win. henley, only second pag victory. >> it was a rush to be out there, playing with rory. i've never played or bean part of the crowd so big. it was just an amazing feeling. i feel like i kind of got them going and it was so much fun. i hope i can have a bunch more sundays just hike that in my career. >> i didn't -- like that in my career. >> i didn't play well enough to deserve the tournament. just wasn't in control. my golf ball coming down the stretch. but you know still had a chance to win the tournament, didn't quite do it, and just had an awkward distance from my second in the playoff and a couple of awkward lies, couldn't make birdie but it
al maria reduced the deficit, two other goals came from two of their stalwarts late in the second half. defender car carlos pulo, richad barth al jazeera. >> it was a thrilling final round at the honda classic in florida where the title was decided in a four man playoff. tiger woods began seven shows behind, but he was forced to withdraw with a back injury. double bogey, four-over 74, missed the eagle putt, for the final hole of the outright win. henley, only second pag victory. >>...
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. >> the other thing is how weak the ukrainian government is, they have been running deficits, they have almost no money in their treasury. so what do you need to be strong? you need a good economy, right? >> we solved it all. >> next, mitt romney and sarah palin warned years ago about what is happening in russia today. they were mocked by president obama and others on the whole left. we have the tape. >>> and later, stars, selfies, and slices at the academy awards last night. stay tuned for our thoughts on the big show on this big show. >>> so, sarah palin could see russia from her house, or rather putin's threats. she warned us in 2008 if barack obama wins, his indecision and moral equivalence may spur putin to invade ukraine. she was mocked for it because as you know, she talks funny and stuff. who could forget the debate that obama had a lame joke that poked fun at mitt for calling him a foe. >> russia is a geopolitical foe. excuse me, it's a geopolitical foe, and i said in the same paragraph, i said, and iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to
. >> the other thing is how weak the ukrainian government is, they have been running deficits, they have almost no money in their treasury. so what do you need to be strong? you need a good economy, right? >> we solved it all. >> next, mitt romney and sarah palin warned years ago about what is happening in russia today. they were mocked by president obama and others on the whole left. we have the tape. >>> and later, stars, selfies, and slices at the academy awards...